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Always accompanied by white rice, the most common dishes are Cari (a local version of the Indian curry), rougail and jugged meats (civets in French). Curry consists of a base of onion, garlic and spices such as turmeric (called safran péï on the island) and masalé (the local version of Garam Masala), in which fish, meat, eggs; and finally tomato are cooked.
Réunion (/ r iː ˈ juː n j ə n /; French: [la ʁe.ynjɔ̃] ⓘ; Reunionese Creole: La Rényon; known as Île Bourbon before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France.
La Possession (French pronunciation: [la pɔsesjɔ̃]) is a commune in the French overseas department of Réunion.It is located in the northwestern part of the island of Réunion, between the capital of Saint-Denis and the commune of Le Port.
Saint-Denis was founded in 1669 by Étienne Regnault, the first governor of Bourbon Island (as La Réunion was then called), on the northern side of the island, where a larger and more fertile plain was deemed more propitious for the development of settlements than the drier and more barren area of Saint-Paul on the western side of the island ...
Adjacent to the core is an area of voluntary commitment (aire d'adhésion, buffer zone) covering 876.96 km 2 (338.60 sq mi) and touching all 24 communes on the island. Altogether, the park extends over more than 75% of the island. [4]: 12 The island of Réunion is volcanic in origin and sits over a hotspot. [5]
The Cirque de Mafate is a caldera on Réunion Island (France; located in the Indian Ocean). It was formed from the collapse of the large shield volcano the Piton des Neiges . The very remote and inaccessible cirque was settled in the 19th century by maroon slaves (i.e. slaves who had escaped from their masters), then later by poor white laborers.
Sainte-Marie has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am) closely bordering on a tropical savanna climate (Aw).The average annual temperature in Sainte-Marie is 24.5 °C (76.1 °F).
Réunion Creole is the main vernacular of the island and is used in most colloquial and familiar settings. It is, however, in a state of diglossia with French as the high language – Réunion Creole is used in informal settings and conversations, while French is the language of writing, education, administration and more formal conversations.